Max Azria’s Safe Urban Sophisticate

And it touched upon a few of the trends emerging this week for women: tweed; masculine tailored blazers, the easy georgette dress; the color black and Belle du Jour-inspired looks.

The show took a few novel risks, like tweed shirt dresses and a flame red knit applique dress, but mostly played it safe in silhouette, which was relaxed, and color, which besides black, were mostly neutral or earth tones, for a muted form of sophistication.